Unpopular view: I like Pence, and he did the right thing during the election certification, but obviously his neoconism and pro-corporate positions make my skin crawl.
No one was asking Pence to crown Trump, they were asking for him not to certify the very sketchy results in favor of Biden. Whether or not he had that power, or whether or not he did the right thing, he wasn't going to 'crown Trump' or anything.
OK, but if that was what they were 'asking', why didn't Biden do that in 2016 using MEH RUSSHER as a reason? Why didn't every single vice-president do that before? Or in 1960, when Nixon thought he lost to JFK due to fraud?
Unpopular view: I like Pence, and he did the right thing during the election certification, but obviously his neoconism and pro-corporate positions make my skin crawl.
If a vice-president has the authority to crown someone president, why didn't Biden crown Hillary in 2016?
No one was asking Pence to crown Trump, they were asking for him not to certify the very sketchy results in favor of Biden. Whether or not he had that power, or whether or not he did the right thing, he wasn't going to 'crown Trump' or anything.
OK, but if that was what they were 'asking', why didn't Biden do that in 2016 using MEH RUSSHER as a reason? Why didn't every single vice-president do that before? Or in 1960, when Nixon thought he lost to JFK due to fraud?